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2011 New York Liberty Season
The 2011 WNBA season is the 15th season for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Liberty played at Prudential Center in New Jersey from 2011 through 2013 during renovations at Madison Square Garden. Transactions WNBA draft The following are the Liberty's selections in the 2011 WNBA draft. Transaction log * March 14: The Liberty re-signed Sidney Spencer. * April 6: The Liberty signed Ewelina Kobryn to a training camp contract. * April 11: The Liberty traded draft rights to Angel Robinson and a second-round pick in the 2012 draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for draft rights to Jessica Breland. * April 11: The Liberty traded Kalana Greene to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for draft rights to Sydney Colson. * May 16: The Liberty signed Whitney Boddie and Crystal Kelly to training camp contracts. * May 27: The Liberty acquired Quanitra Hollingsworth from the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for the right to swap third-round picks in the 2012 draf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Whisenant
John Harold Whisenant Jr. (born June 18, 1945) is an American former head coach for the Sacramento Monarchs and New York Liberty in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Coaching career After starting at Connors Junior College in Warner, Oklahoma, Whisenant transferred to New Mexico State University in 1963 and played two seasons, including a senior season leading the team at 13.1 points per game. Whisenant began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Coffeyville Community College in 1966; Coffeyville went 48–10 in his two years on staff. From 1968 to 1972, Whisenant was head coach at Arizona Western Junior College and led the school to three league championships and a cumulative 97–30 record. From 1972 to 1979, Whisenant was an assistant coach at New Mexico under Norm Ellenberger and helped New Mexico accumulate a record of 137–62 and two WAC championships. Whisenant began a business career focusing on real estate and horse racing after leaving the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UC Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Barbara, California with 23,196 undergraduates and 2,983 graduate students enrolled in 2021–2022. It is part of the University of California 10-university system. Tracing its roots back to 1891 as an independent teachers' college, UCSB joined the University of California system in 1944, and is the third-oldest undergraduate campus in the system, after UC Berkeley and UCLA. Located on a WWII-era Marine air station, UC Santa Barbara is organized into three undergraduate colleges ( College of Letters and Science, College of Engineering, College of Creative Studies) and two graduate schools (Gevirtz Graduate School of Education and Bren School of Environmental Science & Management), offering more than 200 degrees and programs. The university has 10 national research centers, including the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics and the Center for Control, Dy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player who is eligible to sign with other clubs or franchises; i.e., not under contract to any specific team. The term is also used in reference to a player who is under contract at present but who is allowed to solicit offers from other teams. In some circumstances, the free agent's options are limited by league rules. Types Terms Unrestricted free agent Unrestricted free agents are players without a team. They have either been released from their club, had the term of their contract expire without a renewal, or were not chosen in a league's draft of amateur players. These people, generally speaking, are free to entertain offers from all other teams in the player's most recent league and elsewhere and to decide with whom to sign a contract. Players who have been bought out of league standard contracts may have restrictions within that league, such as not being able to sign with the buy-out club for a period of time in the NHL, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ta'Shia Phillips
Ta'Shia Phillips (born January 24, 1989) is a professional basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association. Xavier statistics Source USA Basketball Phillips was named a member of the team representing the US at the 2009 World University Games held in Belgrade, Serbia. The team won all seven games to earn the gold medal. Phillips averaged 4.9 points per game. WNBA Phillips was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA draft (8th overall) by the Atlanta Dream The Atlanta Dream are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded for the 2008 WNBA season. The team is owned by real .... References 1989 births Living people All-American college women's basketball players American women's basketball players Atlanta Dream draft picks Basketball players from Indianapolis Centers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer (born March 7, 1985) is an American professional basketball who most recently played for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA. Born in Hoover, Alabama, Spencer attended the University of Tennessee, and in April 2007 led the team to the national championship. That same month, she was selected in the second round of the WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks. She got off to an exceptional start in her rookie season, and as a fan favorite quickly worked her way into the team's starting line-up. Early life Sidney Spencer was born March 7, 1985, to Stephen and Janice Spencer. She has two brothers, Brad, 27 and Scott, 25. High school career Spencer received the 2003 Alabama Miss Basketball Each year the Alabama Miss Basketball award is given to the person chosen as the best high school girls basketball player in the U.S. state of Alabama. The award winner is selected by members of the Alabama Sports Writers Association. Award winner ... award. A product of Hoover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kara Braxton
Kara Liana Braxton (born February 18, 1983) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Early life Kara and her twin sister Kim grew up in a household with four other siblings in Jackson, Michigan. Her father also played basketball. She played her freshman season at Jackson High and then moved to Oregon. She and her twin sister later enrolled at Westview High School, in the Portland suburb of Beaverton. Braxton attended the University of Georgia, and was freshman of the year. She was frequently late to practice and committed other unspecified violations of team rules, and after three suspensions during the 2002–03 season, on February 20, 2004, coach Andy Landers dismissed Braxton from the team.Associated Press"Georgia Dismisses Leading Scorer Braxton"February 20, 2004 She graduated in 2005. Georgia statistics Source The WNBA On April 16, 2005, the Shock drafted Braxton i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference (WNBA), Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 WNBA season, 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises. The team is owned by Robert Sarver, who also owns the NBA team Phoenix Suns. The Mercury have qualified for the WNBA Playoffs in fifteen of its twenty-four years in Phoenix. The franchise has been home to players such as former University of Connecticut, UConn Diana Taurasi, Rutgers University, Rutgers grad Cappie Pondexter, former Temple University, Temple power forward Candice Dupree, former Baylor University, Baylor center Brittney Griner, and Australian guard Penny Taylor. In 1998 WNBA season, 1998, 2007 WNBA season, 2007, 2009 WNBA season, 2009, 2014 WNBA season, 2014, and 2021 WNBA season, 2021 the Mercury went to the WNBA Finals; they lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quanitra Hollingsworth
Quanitra Hollingsworth ( tr, Kuanitra Holingsvorth, born November 15, 1988) is an American-Turkish professional basketball player for Çukurova Basketbol. In 2012 Hollingsworth acquired Turkish citizenship in order to be eligible to play for Turkey national women's basketball team. Therefore, she missed the 2012 WNBA season and 2014 WNBA season due to Turkish National Team commitments. She represented Turkey at the 2012 Summer Olympics. WNBA career statistics Regular season , - , align="left" , 2009 , align="left" , Minnesota , 34 , , 1 , , 12.8 , , .417 , , .000 , , .703 , , 3.2 , , 0.1 , , 0.4 , , 0.2 , , 1.0 , , 4.8 , - , align="left" , 2010 , align="left" , Minnesota , 25 , , 0 , , 7.3 , , .378 , , .000 , , .600 , , 1.8 , , 0.2 , , 0.2 , , 0.0 , , 0.8 , , 1.7 , - , align="left" , 2011 , align="left" , New York , 31 , , 1 , , 16.9 , , .524 , , .000 , , .679 , , 4.4 , , 0.3 , , 0.5 , , 0.3 , , 1.4 , , 4.6 , - , align="left" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalana Greene
Kalana Lanette Greene (born July 13, 1987), is an American professional women's basketball guard, who last played for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), and CCC Polkowice in Poland. She played her college career at the University of Connecticut, where the Huskies were the 2009 and 2010 NCAA national Champions. Early life and high school Greene grew up in St. Stephen, South Carolina, as the daughter of Addison and Cynthia Greene. Greene played basketball for Timberland High School in St. Stephen, South Carolina. She helped her team win twenty or more games for three consecutive seasons, and in her senior year, she led the team to its first ever state championship. She averaged 17 points per game as a freshman; by the time she was a senior, she averaged 28 points, 18 rebounds, nine steals and eight assists per game. Greene was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2005 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Colson
Sydney Justine Colson (born August 6, 1989) is an American basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball at Texas A&M University, where she helped the Aggies win the NCAA title during her senior year. She has previously played for the New York Liberty, San Antonio Stars, Minnesota Lynx, and Las Vegas Aces in the WNBA. In 2022, Colson became a WNBA Champion with the Las Vegas Aces in their first title in franchise history. Career WNBA Colson was selected in the second round of the 2011 WNBA Draft (16th overall) by the Connecticut Sun.http://www.wnba.com draft2011/draft_board.html 2011 WNBA Draft board She was then traded to New York. Career statistics College Source WNBA Regular season , - , style='text-align:left;', 2011 , style='text-align:left;', New York , 16 , , 0 , , 5.4 , , .350 , , .429 , , .833 , , 0.4 , , 0.6 , , 0.3 , , 0.1 , , 1.1 , , 1.4 , - , style='text-al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connecticut Sun
The Connecticut Sun are an American professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut that competes in the Eastern Conference (WNBA), Eastern Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was established as the Orlando Miracle in 1999 WNBA season, 1999, during the league's Expansion team, expansion from ten to twelve teams, as a sister team to the National Basketball Association, NBA's Orlando Magic. In 2003, as financial strains left the team on the brink of disbanding, the Mohegan Tribe, Mohegan Indian tribe purchased and relocated the team to Mohegan Sun, becoming the first Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribe to own a professional sports franchise. The team's name comes from its affiliation with Mohegan Sun and its logo is reflective of a modern interpretation of an ancient Mohegan people, Mohegan symbol. Capitalizing on the popularity of women's basketball in the state, as a result of the success of the UConn H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
